نکاستا nikāstā H s. m. A prop, a pillar.

نک nak S̱. 1. in compos. (for ناک nāk, q. v.) Nose; as, نک گهسني nak-ghisnī, s. Rubbing the nose on the ground in prostration, or by way of humiliation. 2. s. (dakh.) Nail: see نکهـ nakh.

نطفه nut̤fa A (from نطف Heb. and Aram. ) s. m. 1. Seed, sperma hominis. 2. The sea. 3. Clear water.

نراکار निराकार nir-ākār S adj. Without form or figure, incorporeal.

نشاسته nishāsta P s. m. Starch.

نشا nashā A (from نشو or نشي) s. m. 1. Intoxica- tion, intoxicating liquor, a headach or crop sickness (from over-drinking). 2. Perception (of a good smell), fragrance, smell. نشا خور na- shā-ḵẖor, A person who takes intoxicating drugs, &c. a drunkard.

نرد nard P s. f. 1. A counter, chess-man, &c. 2. Draughts, &c. any game played with coun- ters, backgammon.

نگفته na-gufta P Not told.

ناسنا nāsnā S̱. (नाशन r. णश Disappear, cease to be, perish) 1. v. n. To flee, to run away. 2. v. a. To destroy.

نيگي جوگي neg-ī jogī H Tenants and dependants, to whom it is customary to give the neg, q. v. P. S. نيل nīl (नील) s. m. Indigo, blue. نيل يا نيل کا ماٿهہ بگڙنا nīl, or nīl kā māṭh bigaṛnā (lit.) A vat of indigo being spoiled, is used (met.) 1. To express the persecutions of fortune.